Paul Weyrich deals with the recent rumour that there might be another Supreme Court vacancy this summer. He writes:
. . .As one long-time Senate staffer said to me, “If you think what the outside groups did in the Alito nomination was tough, it was like a kindergarten class compared to what is next.”
Conservatives likewise would require unprecedented resources to hold Republican Senators in line and to assure the votes were Frist to change the rules in the middle of the session.
If the rumor turns out to be true, then hope and pray the vacancy comes at the end of June. The President and his party might be good for one more nomination and confirmation. If, as many now believe, the Democrats take over the Senate this November, or even if Republicans are reduced to a 51-49 majority, the chance of getting one more good, solid nominee such as the two the President already has given us almost certainly is down the drain.
(Courtesy of ConfirmThem.)
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March 15th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Stevens will be 86 years old next year, and no justice has sat on the bench any longer without retiring or dying. A hundred years from now, people will look back on abortion the same way we look back on slavery.
April 15th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
Another chance to put SCOTUS back on track…
Good news via Southern Appeal blog - it appears Justice Stevens may retire .
The Supreme Court took a turn for the left when Eisenhower appointed five new justices during his eight years as President. Warren and Brennan were two of them and turned out …